Pre surgery

Well, I am now around 3 days away from surgery.I did LOT of reading and these are my key takeaways regarding this stage-

• First and foremost find the best surgeon you can possibly get.Preferably a guy who has done a few thousand of these..you get the idea.

• Quads and other supporting muscles shut down, and all the more after the surgery,so the stronger you go into surgery the easier you recover.

• Get back your full range of motion(ROM) before the surgery.Or else the recovery will be that much longer.
• Maintain a positive frame of mind throughout,be focused on the end result(for me that would be getting back to playing football withing 6-10 months).

So anyways, as I could feel my left quad starting to sort of atrophy, I got started on my exercises to get full ROM and salvage whats left of the quads,hamstrings,calf muscles.Some daily quad presses, half squats and heel raises did the trick for me, along with a conscious effort to walk without a limp with a normal gait.Looking forward to the surgery.